Search results for "Infective endocarditis"
Preop antibiotics should not delay surgery for infective endocarditis
One recent study analyzed the effects of preoperative antibiotics on infective endocarditis while another evaluated the risk of infective endocarditis with various species of streptococcal bloodstream infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/01/5.htm
1 Jul 2020
Studies look at outcomes with drug use and heart failure, infective endocarditis
Almost 10% of patients with acute heart failure tested positive for drug use, a French study found, while an analysis of U.S. patients who injected drugs and underwent surgery for infective endocarditis found that 79% had relapsed and 68% had died by five years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/21/studies-look-at-outcomes-with-drug-use-and-heart-failure-infective-endocarditis.htm
21 Feb 2024
Injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis carries higher risk of systemic emboli
An international cohort study found that mortality rates were lower when infective endocarditis was associated with injection drug use compared to other causes, and these patients, who were typically young and healthy, less often underwent cardiac surgery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/03/4.htm
3 Feb 2021
July 5, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/
Hospitalizations, heart valve surgeries for drug-associated infective endocarditis increase
From 2007 to 2017, annual hospitalizations for drug use-associated infective endocarditis increased by about 12-fold in one state, with opioids implicated in nearly two-thirds of cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/05/2.htm
5 Dec 2018
Infective endocarditis death rates on the rise in young adults
Death certificate data showed age-adjusted death rates remained stable over the past two decades for the general population but rose in residents of Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/infective-endocarditis-death-rates-on-the-rise-in-young-adults.htm
20 Dec 2023
Infective endocarditis increases ischemic stroke risk for up to two years
The risk of ischemic stroke was highest during the first four weeks after an infective endocarditis diagnosis, and it was lower in patients on anticoagulation, according to the Danish registry study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/08/4.htm
8 May 2019
March 15, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/15/
December 20, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/
Studies analyze rise in infective endocarditis hospitalizations related to drug use
One recent study found an increase since 2008 in the hospitalization rate for stroke associated with infective endocarditis and opioid use, while another compared outcomes of infective endocarditis among patients who inject drugs versus those who do not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/06/3.htm
6 Feb 2019